Sibel Özkan
Personal information
Birth nameÖzkan
NationalityTurkish
Born (1988-03-03) March 3, 1988
Afyonkarahisar
Height1.55 m (5.1 ft) (2009)
Weight48 kg (106 lb) (2009)
Sport
CountryTurkey
SportWeightlifting
Event48 kg
Medal record
Olympic Games
Disqualified 2008 Beijing 48 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Antalya 48 kg
Silver medal – second place 2009 Goyang 48 kg
Silver medal – second place2014 Almaty 48 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Tbilisi48 kg
Gold medal – first place 2016 Førde48 kg
Silver medal – second place 2008 Lignano Sabbiadoro48 kg
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal – second place 2013 Mersin 48 kg S
Silver medal – second place 2005 Almeria 48 kg C&J

Sibel Özkan (born March 3, 1988, in Afyonkarahisar) is a Turkish weightlifter competing in the Women's 48 kg division. She is 1.55 m (5.1 ft) tall and weighs 48 kg (106 lb).

She initially won the silver medal in the 48 kg event at the 2008 Summer Olympics, but in 2016 her result was annulled due to a doping violation upon reanalysis of samples from 2008.

Personal life

She was born on March 3, 1988, to Ramazan and his wife to Kezban in Kozluca village of Afyonkarahisar, Turkey as the youngest of three siblings. As she was three years of age, her parents divorced. Unable to look after her children, the mother placed Sİbel's brother Bülent, at that time four years old, and Özgür, who was five years old, into a children's dormitory in Afyonkarahisar. However, Sibel had to be moved to another city, since the orphanage was only for boys. She was put in a children's home in Konya.[1]

Her mother Kezban Özkan died one year after she placed her children in orphanages. Sibel's brothers joined her in the same orphanage in Konya two years later.[1]

As she was 13 years of age, Sibel shifted to another orphanage in the same city. There, she started to perform sports with judo. However, her interest changed soon to weightlifting despite her brother's opposition. She was trained by Süreyya Horasanlı and Sami Özsu, becoming successful at national and international championships in the 48 kg category.[1] Sibel is member of the weightlifting-specialized sports club of Kuyulusebil Halter İhtisas S.K. in Konya.[2]

After finishing the high school at the age of 18, she attended Gaziosmanpaşa University in Tokat to study physical education and sports, where she is still a student.[3]

In 2009, Sibel married to Ömer Öz, a medal-winning Turkish weightlifter,[4][5] whom she was engaged to since 2006. The couple separated the same year.[6]

Achievements and honours

After coming fourth in the snatch event at the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships - Women's 48 kg, she won her first Olympics silver medal in the Beijing Summer Olympics on August 9, 2008, held at the Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Gymnasium coming second to the then winner of the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships - Women's 48 kg Xiexia Chen. Sibel won the silver medal with 111.0 kg in the Clean and Jerk achieving 199.0 kg in total.

Achieving 117.0 kg in the 48 kg Clean and Jerk category at the 2009 World Weightlifting Championships held in Goyang, South Korea, Sibel Özkan became Turkey's first ever female gold medalist in weightlifting at world championships.[7]

Doping case

In 2016, the International Olympic Committee requested the return of the silver medal that she won at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, due to her failing a repeated drug test for using Stanozolol.[8]

Stats and records

https://iwf.sport/weightlifting_/athletes-bios/?athlete=ozkan-konak-sibel-1988-03-03&id=3370

Olympic Games
RankEventYearVenueSnatchClean & JerkTotal
DSQ (2nd)−48 kg2008 China, Beijing88.0111.0199.0
World Championships
RankEventYearVenueSnatchClean & JerkTotal
 Silver–48 kg2014 Kazakhstan, Almaty84.0
 Silver189.0
 Silver–48 kg2010 Turkey, Antalya90.0
 Bronze115.0
 Silver205.0
 Bronze–48 kg2009 South Korea, Goyang89.0
 Gold117.0
 Silver206.0
4−48 kg2007 Thailand Chiang Mai84.0108.0192.0
European Championships
RankEventYearVenueSnatchClean & JerkTotal
 Silver–48 kg2016 Norway, Førde82.0
 Gold100.0
 Gold182.0
 Bronze–48 kg2015 Georgia, Tbilisi80.0
 Gold99.0
 Gold179.0
 Silver−48 kg2008 Italy, Lignano Sabbiadoro86.0110.0 ERJ196.0 ERJ
4−48 kg2007 France, Strasbourg78.087.5165.5
6−48 kg2005 Bulgaria, Sofia87.570.0157.5
Mediterranean Games
RankEventYearVenueSnatchClean & Jerk
 Silver−48 kg2013 Turkey, Mersin78.0
 Silver−48 kg2005 Spain, Almeria ?

Legend:

  • ERJ European Record Juniors

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Ailesi yoktu, kendini spora verdi" (in Turkish). Ankara Haber. 11 August 2008. Retrieved 22 November 2009.
  2. ↑ "Konya'da olimpiyat sevinci!" (in Turkish). Web Türkiye Forum. Retrieved 22 November 2009. Alt URL
  3. ↑ "Sibel Özkan, yetiştirme yurdunda kalan gençlere örnek oldu". Sabah (in Turkish). 3 September 2008. Retrieved 22 November 2009.
  4. ↑ "Sibel Özkan ortadan kayboldu". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 25 February 2009. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  5. ↑ "Congratulation to Olympic Silver Medallist Ozkan". IWF International Weightlifting Federation. 23 July 2009. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  6. ↑ "Sibel SMS ile boşandı". Ajans Haber (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 23 July 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  7. ↑ "Sibel Özkan Öz'den altın madalya". Ihlas Haber Ajansı (in Turkish). 21 November 2009. Retrieved 21 November 2009.
  8. ↑ "IOC, Sibel Özkan kararını açıkladı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 22 July 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
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